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100

The first written language was invented by these people.

Who are the Sumerians / Mesopotamians?

100

This river was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians.

What is the nile?

100

This wedge-shaped writing system was used in ancient Mesopotamia.

What is cuneiform?

100

This theme of geography involves how people, goods, and ideas travel.

What is movement? 

200

Ancient Egyptian rulers are called this.

Who are the pharaohs?

200
"Mesopotamia" means the land between these two rivers.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates?

200

This religion/philosophy was started by Siddhartha Gautama.

What is Buddhism?

200

This theme of geography explains how people change their surroundings.

What is human-environment interaction?

300

This Chinese emperor began the building of the Great Wall.

Who is Shi Huangdi?

300

This is the mountain where Moses received the 10 Commandments.

What is Mt. Sinai?

300

Hindus believe in this cycle of rebirth.

What is reincarnation?

300

These documents, ancient versions of the Old Testament, were found by two boys playing in a cave.

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

400

This Hebrew patriarch made a covenant with God to move to Canaan.

Who is Abraham?

400

This is the highest mountain range in the world, found in Asia.

What are the Himilayas?

400

This Chinese philosophy teaches respect for elders and proper behavior.

What is Confucianism?

400

These sacred Hindu texts are written in Sanskrit.

What are the Vedas?

500

This ancient fossil of an early human was discovered in Africa in 1974.

Who is Lucy?

500

Humans raised their standard of living by building these.

What are mud brick houses?

500

An economic system where goods are traded; there is no uniform value.

What is a barter system?

500

This "revolution" allowed humans to stop being hunter-gatherers and build civilizations. 

What is the agricultural revolution? 

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